LAND OF ISRAEL [II]

Daniel Pipes (http://www.jpost.com/ 20/12/06) correctly contends that "Mossawa's Vision and Avigdor Lieberman's opposed proposals focus attention on a topic too long sidelined".
Hence it is imperative to expose the Chimera lurking in the background of the Quartet's mantra of 'Two States for Two Peoples'!

The Palestinian National Covenant was first promulgated in 1964 (when the West Bank was
under Hashemite rule) wherein Article 2 "defines Palestine as an indivisible territorial unit within the boundaries it had during the British Mandate 1920 including Trans-Jordan"
In plain words - Jordan is Palestine (East Bank - first entity)!

Since the removal of Jews from the Gaza Strip this purely Arab [Hamas] (second entity)
could be transformed into a seperate, thriving City State (of Singapore or Dubai
type - an idea - advocated by Tony Blair in Dubai on 20.12.2006 [see Jill Lawless- www.ap.org]
but bad-mouthed by Khaled Mashal on 'Al-Jazeera').

On the West Bank (located between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea) exists
an established (fourth entity) recognized by all civilized nations as the State of Israel,
which includes amongst its citizenry “1.3 million Arabs” who (compared to many sectors
of the Jewish population) enjoy a higher standard of living - the envy of Arab kinsmen
throughout 'the Region'.

Adjoining it is an autonomous (third Arab entity) the Palestinian Authority with a
Legislative Council dominated by Islamists whose program (just like that of the PLO Charter) wants 'Jews Raus'.

Summary: The Territory of the British Mandate supports Four Entities for Two Peoples: three of which have absolute Arab majority and no Jews. The fourth entity(Israel) has a Jewish (Hebrew) majority with a very large Arab minority harboring
elements of irredenta.